Science of Heat and Thermophysical Studies: A Generalized Approach to Thermal Analysis
| By: | Sestak, Jaroslav |
| Publisher: | Elsevier S & T |
| Print ISBN: | 9780444519542 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780080459769 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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Science of Heat and Thermophysical Studies provides a non-traditional bridging of historical, philosophical, societal and scientific aspects of heat with a comprehensive approach to the field of generalized thermodynamics. It involves Greek philosophical views and their impact on the development of contemporary ideas.
Covered topics include:
• the concept of heat
• thermometry and calorimetry
• early concepts of temperature and its gradients
• non-equilibrium and quantum thermodynamics
• chemical kinetics
• entropy, order and information
• thermal science applied to economy(econophysics), ecosystems, and process dynamics or mesoscopic scales (quantum diffusion)
• importance of energy science and its influence to societal life